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UN official calls for transparent probe after coastal attacks in Syria that killed civilians
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A UN official told the Security Council that coordinated attacks on March 6 in Syria's coastal region led to mass civilian deaths and alleged summary executions, and urged independent, public investigations and protection of witnesses.
A UN official told the Security Council that coordinated attacks on March 6 in Syria’s coastal region resulted in mass civilian casualties, including alleged summary executions of entire families, and urged an independent, transparent investigation.
The official said the attacks were “striking” in scale and sophistication and were claimed by groups of former regime officers. The caretaker authorities reported assaults on military and internal security targets and multiple hospitals, and said forces had streamed into the coast from other parts of Syria, including fighters “under the…
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